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Dressel, Paul L. – Journal of Higher Education, 1979
Some major circumstances that require the development of new curriculum models are briefly discussed, and a statement of what a curriculum model must include to be viable is presented. (Article originally published in 1965.) (AF)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems, Educational Objectives
Pace, Darra; Schwartz, Diane – Online Submission, 2008
The inclusion of students with disabilities at the university is a relatively new occurrence in the field of special education. Although legislation in the United States has supported the acceptance of students with disabilities at the post-secondary level, it has only provided minimal support with the emphasis on the learner rather than the…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, College Curriculum, Inclusive Schools, Models
Stumbo, Norma J., Ed. – Sagamore Publishing LLC, 2009
The second edition of "Professional Issues in Therapeutic Recreation: On Competence and Outcomes" is greatly expanded to include a wider variety of introductory materials and updates on current professional issues. The second edition represents a timely review of the state of affairs in the profession of therapeutic recreation. This book contains…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Quality, Ethics, Therapeutic Recreation
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Borland, David T.; Harris, Richard – Community College Review, 1975
The implementation of this model would assess specific performance tasks, working traits, and socioeconomic traits of the students who complete the occupational program in order to provide both empirical and judgmental data about specific portions of the curriculum. (Author/NHM)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Models, Program Evaluation, Socioeconomic Influences
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Bordogna, Joseph; And Others – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1995
Traces the roots of contemporary collegiate education in the United States, discusses current emphasis on integration, and suggests a new construct for systemic change in baccalaureate engineering education in terms of a taxonomy of intellectual components connected holistically with a core focus on developing human potential. (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Higher Education, History, Holistic Approach
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May, Gary L. – Human Resource Development Review, 2007
Peter Kuchinke has written a powerful and relevant article that should generate much discussion in the human resource development (HRD) community. The focus of Kuchinke's paper is the question of whether HRD academic programs should emulate the value preference of business schools or march to a different drum. In this response, the author argues…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Values, Criticism
Casares, Pablo; And Others – 1988
An operational instrument was designed to approach the tasks of curricular planning and design of university programs in communication in Mexico, or elsewhere in the Third World. The instrument was designed by the Mexican team of advisors at the Workshop-Seminar on Curriculum Planning, held in Villa de Leyva, Colombia, in May of 1987. It was used…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Communications, Content Analysis, Curriculum Design
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Helms, Lelia B.; And Others – 1980
The relationship between the content and the context of curriculum was explored by applying basic concepts and approaches from the fields of policy analysis and organization theory. A chronology of the policy formation stage in which the University of Iowa developed its recommendations for curriculum revision is presented. The format indicates…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Cremin, Lawrence A. – Research Bulletin (Horace Mann-Lincoln Institute), 1978
Reviews the origins of the present-day paradigm of professional training in education, and in particular of the problematics of education as a field of study. Sketches the recent history of the doctorate in education, and advances a series of recommendations about the present-day doctorate in education. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Doctoral Programs, Educational History, Higher Education
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Elder, John; Kennedy, Peter E. – Journal of Economic Education, 2001
Explains that unit-root testing strategies are unnecessarily complicated because they do not exploit certain prior knowledge. Provides a testing strategy that simplifies these complications and facilitates teaching this dimension of the unit-root phenomenon. (RLH)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Econometrics, Economics Education, Educational Strategies
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Black, Phyllis N.; Feld, Allen – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2006
A learning-oriented thematic model of process recording is proposed in which the student's recording is based on internal and external learning themes, pre-selected by the student and the field education instructor. The themes, which serve as the organizing focus of the recording, parallel classroom curricula, agency service, and student learning…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Thematic Approach, Social Work, Curriculum Design
McKernan, Jim – 1989
Curriculum research is reviewed. In Part 1, a survey is reported that was designed to: (1) acquire information on action research projects in Ireland (North and South), the United Kingdom, and the United States; (2) determine the principal method of data collection; (3) identify the rank-order priority of constraints on research; (4) classify…
Descriptors: Action Research, College Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Research
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Siegfried, John J. – Journal of Economic Education, 2001
Outlines principles that guide a successful undergraduate economics honors program: simplicity, accessibility, skill development, risk minimization, and incentives to combat procrastination. Describes a model which specifies three of the usual six electives and requires a senior thesis that makes an original contribution to economics…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Content, Economics, Economics Education
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Ellis, Michael S., Jr.; Letourneau, Tanya Misner – Journal of Career Planning & Employment, 2001
Using Delaware Valley College's 100-year-old "Employment Program" as a model, makes a case for mandatory experiential learning curriculum-wide. Revels how other colleges can successfully integrate such a component into their academic programs. Argues that experiential learning empowers students by equipping them with the skills and abilities…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Students, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning
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Yarbrough, David – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2002
Introduces, discusses, and illustrates a model of student academic advising that clarifies the individual roles and responsibilities of the student-advisee and the professor-mentor relationships. Preliminary steps to the engagement approach are presented, such as engaging in a mutually supportive environment and providing ongoing guidance through…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Students
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